Where do birds go in a storm?

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Scientists believe that birds are able to navigate through storms, even if strong winds force them off course. Birds avoid the strongest of winds by flying around them and can even use high speed winds to give them a boost in flight.

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The impressive navigational ability of birds comes from their nature as migratory animals. In order to successfully migrate in the winter, birds often have to fly through poor weather. It is also believed that birds have additional sensory perception in regards to air pressure changes associated with a storm, but scientists do not yet know how this ability works. In addition, perching birds are extremely difficult to remove due to their reflexive talons, even in extreme weather.

Birds can be identified by both sight and sound. Identification based on sound largely involves memorization, while learning a few important field marks makes visual identification much easier. Field marks are distinctive colors, patterns or markings that help in identification.

According to PawNation, all birds have feathers, lightweight skeletons, beaks, a four-chambered heart and also lay eggs. Birds are warm-blooded vertebrate that have two legs used for walking, hopping, running or perching. Birds have a unique communication system for courtship behavior, community cooperation, chick-parent recognition and territorial defense.